New Hampshire · Nonprofit
THE WINGS OF THE DAWN BIRD SANCTUARY INC
THE WINGS OF THE DAWN BIRD SANCTUARY INC (New Hampshire) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $81,421 to it, the largest being Overhills Foundation ($40,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $176k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $81k
- Net assets
- $281k
What The Wings of the Dawn Bird Sanctuary Inc does
Mission
Wildlife rehabilitation
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
At wings in henniker nh we provide care to over 1800 wild animals. We also provide veterinary hospital services to injured wildlife. We provide free education programs to the general public (200+)
$54,776 spent99% of program spendingAt wings in henniker nh we provide care to over 1800 wild animals. We also provide veterinary hospital services to injured wildlife. We provide free education programs to the general public (200+)
$293 spent1% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $55,069.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $152k to $281k (+85%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Mark Mitch
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $6k → $11k.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE WINGS OF THE DAWN BIRD SANCTUARY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE WINGS OF THE DAWN BIRD SANCTUARY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 100% · 2019 56% · 2020 61% · 2021 68% · 2022 59% · 2023 44% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of THE WINGS OF THE DAWN BIRD SANCTUARY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
THE WINGS OF THE DAWN BIRD SANCTUARY INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New Hampshire, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like THE WINGS OF THE DAWN BIRD SANCTUARY INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New Hampshire
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE WINGS OF THE DAWN BIRD SANCTUARY INC?
- THE WINGS OF THE DAWN BIRD SANCTUARY INC (New Hampshire) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $81,421 to it, the largest being Overhills Foundation ($40,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WINGS OF THE DAWN BIRD SANCTUARY INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $81,421 in grants to THE WINGS OF THE DAWN BIRD SANCTUARY INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WINGS OF THE DAWN BIRD SANCTUARY INC?
- Overhills Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WINGS OF THE DAWN BIRD SANCTUARY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Hampshire. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 8 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing